The mappings of a soundfont vary from font to font.  Just based on the name of the soundfont (Guitars-Universal), it may not match the GM or GS standard mappings.

On 2/20/21 3:38 PM, chuck elliot wrote:

I believe the soundfont sf2 complies with GM or GS mappings so

load the soundfont into fluidsynth, create a midi device in sg and

load the GM.rgd into that and point it at the fluidsynth port in rg.

The GM patch names should come up in the instrument panel.

'works for me.


On 20/02/2021 7:49 pm, steve conrad wrote:
Importing the sf2 in the 'manage midi devices' dialog has a mostly decorative function. Ie, it only effects the the labels that RG assigns to tracks.

If you are fairly new to this sort of stuff what i bet you want to do is to load the font into a synth to make some sounds.

This is done in qsynth itself and the process is fairly self explanatory.

Once the sf2 is loaded in the synth, there is no urgent need to import it into RG unless you find it overly confusing to have RG calling your presets by the wrong name.

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 11:33 AM Mike Knott <m...@mikeknott.co.uk <mailto:m...@mikeknott.co.uk>> wrote:

    Hi,

    I'm struggling to understand the instructions on importing a
    soundfont into Rosegarden. The Rosegarden Handbook says this is
    achievable (instead of importing an rgd file).

    What I'm, exactly, trying to achieve is to replace the Programs
    in the Instrument Parameter List to those in the
    Guitars-Universal-V1.5.sf2.

    I've tried using the Studio > Manage MIDI Devices Dialog to
    Import but am only getting three voices as a result (there are
    many, many in the soundfont).

    I'm using QSynth and have tried loading this soundfont in there
    but this changes nothing in Rosegarden.

    OK, apologies in advance for the newbie nature of the post.

    Mike


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